Archive 2022

Lebanon warned Israel on Sunday against any “aggressive action” in disputed waters where both states hope to develop offshore energy, after a ship arrived off the coast to produce gas ...

President Vladimir Putin warned the United States in an interview broadcast on Sunday that Russia would strike new targets if the West supplied longer-range missiles to Ukraine for use in ...

“Ninety per cent of ice flowing to the sea from the Antarctic ice sheet, and about half of that lost from Greenland, travels in narrow, fast ice streams measuring tens ...

In light of the current global outbreak of monkeypox, a woman in Larnaca who presented symptoms of a suspicious rash earlier in the week, was diagnosed with chickenpox and was ...

The oil ban may not bring the pain to Russia that Brussels expects. The losers are the consumers The EU finally agreed on Thursday to impose a ban on seaborne ...

Cyprus is fully prepared to deal with an outbreak of monkeypox, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela said on Sunday, adding that if necessary, tests for the disease will be carried out ...

An off-duty police officer helped save the life of a 48-year-old woman who suffered a cardiac arrest at a wedding reception. According to a statement by the Cyprus Police Officers ...

There are two options in the next presidential elections, according to ruling Disy leader and presidential candidate Averof Neophytou – the stability of the country with a Disy government, or a ...

A fire-fighting helicopter from Turkey arrived in the north on Sunday, where it will be stationed, as announced by Turkish Cypriot ‘Prime Minister’ Unal Ustel after the recent major fire ...

The governors of Cyprus have never promoted a comprehensive and viable plan of peaceful coexistence and mutual support of Greek and Turkish Cypriots I am convinced that in a well-structured, ...

Firefighters were still working on Sunday to put out a massive blaze that killed at least 41 people at a container depot in southeast Bangladesh, the latest incident highlighting the country’...

The Cyprus Greens – Citizens’ Cooperation held a symbolic protest outside the Russian embassy on Sunday morning against the construction of a nuclear power plant in Akkuyu, Turkey by a Russian ...

Italian oil company Eni SpA and Spain’s Repsol SA could begin shipping Venezuelan oil to Europe as soon as next month to make up for Russian crude, five people ...

Instead of protecting the national cheese through the PDO, the government could have destroyed Cyprus’ most important export The registering of halloumi as a PDO (protected designation of origin) was ...

British transport minister Grant Shapps said on Sunday the government would work hard with the aviation industry to avoid a repeat of the chaos at airports last week as passengers ...

Italian MP, Piero Fassino, on Sunday begins his official visit to the island as the rapporteur for the “Call for the return of Famagusta to its lawful residents” in the ...

The war in Ukraine entered its 100th day on Friday with President Zelenskiy saying that Russian troops had taken control of 20 per cent of the country. A few days earlier, ...

Cyprus’ involvement in the ‘Agapinor-2022’ joint exercise with Israel sparked heated reaction from Turkey, who accused the island’s government of being insincere and destabilising the region. A spokesman for ...

Cyprus is promoting projects in excess of €1.3 billion for the protection of the environment, president Nicos Anastasiades said in a post on Twitter on the occasion of World Environment Day. “...

The head of the Church of Cyprus, Archbishop Chrysostomos expressed his views on the candidates vying for the Cyprus presidency, in an interview with local Greek-language Politis newspaper. The cleric ...

A 25-year-old man from the Larnaca district, was arrested to facilitate police investigations in connection with a string of burglaries, thefts and malicious damage. “At around 3.30 in the morning of ...

Popular running event, ‘Run Around Paphos’ is back after a two-year interruption due to the measures implemented to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. Runners set off at 9am on Sunday ...

Ukraine’s state-run nuclear power operator Energoatom said a Russian cruise missile few “critically low” on Sunday morning over a major nuclear power plant. “It’s probable that was the ...

Traffic police arrested an 38-year-old motorist on Saturday night for speeding along the motorway at 197km per hour. The legal speed limit on Cyprus motorways is 100km per hour. The ...